Game Description: Desmond returns to the Animus memory table and revisits the story of another assassin ancestor, Ezio. Assassin's Creed II takes place in Venice, Italy during the time of the Italian Renaissance, and features gameplay involving Leonard Da Vinci's inventions, boats in the city's famed canals, and more elaborate assassinations.

Assassin's Creed II News

Assassin’s Creed fans are advised to cherish every moment of Ubisoft’s upcoming Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, as Ubisoft have revealed that they plan to give their hit stealth franchise a “breather” in 2011.
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Remember that mysterious piece of Assassin’s Creed art that popped up a few weeks back that Ubisoft said was “non-game” related? Turns out they were absolutely telling the truth, as the artwork, and the one you see at the top of this post, are actually part of a larger Assassin’s Creed inspired project.
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Ubisoft has dropped a few shadowy details about their upcoming Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, following on the heels of the launch of a new teaser site for Ubisoft’s next iteration of their action-stealth franchise.
It has already been revealed that Brotherhood will follow Assassin’s Creed II star Ezio Auditore as he tries to...

Ubisoft has already confirmed the existence of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, the next installment in their sci-fi parkour franchise. Last we’d heard, Ubisoft had said to expect more information this week, and based a new teaser site that’s popped up, looks like Ubisoft is making good on their word.
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Well, it’s official. Ubisoft’s next Assassin’s Creed game is in fact the recently rumored Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood.
Forget website registrations and Facebook teases. The killer cat was let out of the bag thanks to the above placeholder box art that some sneaky GameStop employee snuck to Kotaku. Ubisoft has since...

Ubisoft is teasing something Assassin’s Creed related on their official Facebook page. The following message popped up yesterday morning:
“It is the time of our rising. A new age enters and a great battle looms. Templar destiny is at hand and waiting for you. - Dr. Vidic”
Assassin’s Creed fans know that Dr. Warren...

Copyright-sniffing website Superannuation has revealed that Ubisoft has registered a domain name that suggests an upcoming Assassin's Creed game will be called Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. They've also registered "Driversanfranciscogame.com," indicating the next Driver game will be set in San Francisco. Both address currently point...

Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed might be the fastest selling new game IP of all time, but its bigger and even more successful brother, Assassin’s Creed II, now has a shiny new hook of its own on which to hang its own pride hat: a Guinness World Record.
Turns out that Ubisoft’s publicity machine worked just a bit harder than...

UPDATE: 12:55PM PST: A sharp-eyed reader has just informed me that Assassin's Creed II (and Silent Hunter 5, it turns out) were not in fact ever released on Steam in the UK, making the whole removal thing a bit tricky. Thanks Gaff!
The Ubisoft DRM drama sort of continues today as it’s been reported that Assassin’s Creed II and Silent...

Ubisoft has taken a lot of (justifiable) heat for its decision to introduce DRM protection for their PC titles that requires a constant internet connection in order to play the games it's designed to protect. Well, the situation didn't get any help over the weekend when Ubisoft’s servers were hacked, preventing a number of Assassin’s...

Looking to expand your Assassin’s Creed II experience beyond the video game realm? Ubisoft certainly hopes so, as evidenced by today’s release of the new novel, Assassin’s Creed Renaissance.
The novel, which fills out the story of ACII, is already available in the UK, but thanks to Penguin Group’s Ace Books, AC lovers...

PC gamers have been all atwitter lately over Ubisoft’s rather baffling DRM restrictions included in Assassin’s Creed II. In an attempt to dowse the ever-rising flames of discontent among dedicated PC players, Ubisoft offered a statement to Ars Technica addressing some of the charges being made with regards to the “must be...

We knew that Assassin's Creed II's DRM for the PC would require online authentication, but apparently, it's more than that... much more. Computer and Video Games checked out Assassin's Creed II, and bring back the disturbing word that the game will require a constant internet connection, and if that connection drops, your game will boot...

The Ubisoft info train just keeps rolling today, as the publisher has revealed that the next Assassin’s Creed, which continues the story of Ezio Auditore da Firenze, will take place in Rome. The confirmation came during Ubisoft’s third quarter financial call.
Seeing as the first game ended in Italy’s capital city, this news...

Assassin’s Creed fans curious about how multiplayer meshes with the free-running, action-stealth design of Ubisoft’s hit franchise will get an early taste thanks to the recently revealed Assassin’s Creed II: Multiplayer for the iPhone.
Ubisoft announced last month that it would be introducing a "new product” this...

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